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And Our Lucky Winners Are --

And here is our list of winners: Bernie Sanders, Brandon Johnson Alexandra O. Cortez, Elizabeth Warren Cory Bush, Ayanna Pressley Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlieb Joseph Biden, Kamala Harris O, you lucky duck progressives, you! Your tour guide will be the hologram of Chicago's late Mayor, Richard J. Daley Who will show you his administration's 'crown jewel,' its experiment in 'public housing' The Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side Cabrini-Green on the Near North 'Hizzoner' the Mayor will show you apartments in the cinder-block buildings on the day of their inauguration, gleaming-clean and pristine... ... Then you'll view them a handful of years later Boarded-up windows, graffiti everywhere Gunfire crackling, drug addicts cackling blocking entrances and stairs... The best of progressive intentions gone a-glimmering Give tenants something for nothing, they get ~ angry "Why we gettin' this sheet"

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Date: 9/19/2023 9:46:00 PM
Making slums everywhere an extremely concerning, frightening state of affairs.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/20/2023 3:35:00 PM
Rent-control will do the trick as well!

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